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Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills!

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills